Introduction Headache in the forehead is a symptom that is caused by irritation of pain-sensitive structures in the head, such as the meninges, cranial nerves or blood vessels. Headaches in the forehead are usually an expression of overload or stress and do not require any special therapy. In some cases, however, forehead headaches may be … Headaches in the forehead area
Cause The causes of headaches in the forehead are numerous. Headaches in the forehead are often an expression of overload, stress or lack of sleep and last only for a short time. Headaches in the forehead can also be a concomitant phenomenon of another disorder, such as an infection, craniocerebral trauma, brain tumor, bleeding or … Cause | Headaches in the forehead area
Therapy Various conservative, and more rarely surgical, procedures are used to treat headaches in the forehead. An important part of conservative therapy involves avoiding so-called trigger factors, i.e. factors that can trigger or aggravate forehead pain in the affected person. Typical trigger factors for forehead pain are stress, lack of sleep, stimulants such as nicotine … Therapy | Headaches in the forehead area
Prognosis The prognosis for forehead pain is highly variable and depends on the underlying disease. Primary forms of headache such as migraine, tension headache or cluster headache are usually not curable, but can be treated well by medication and regular exercise and relaxation exercises. Secondary forms of headache are in principle curable by remedying the … Prognosis | Headaches in the forehead area
Synonyms Basal skull fracture Cranial roof fractures (skull calotte fracture) Basal skull fractures (skull base fracture) Facial skull fractures The skull base is formed by parts of the frontal bone (Os frontale), sphenoid bone (Os sphenoidale), ethmoid bone (Os ethmoidale), occipital bone (Os occipitale) and temporal bone (Os temporale). The inner cranial base is divided … Skull base fracture
Diagnosis Important for the diagnosis are first of all the medical history and a possible course of the accident as well as the physical examination, whereby special attention is paid to external injuries, consciousness, pupil reaction and function of the brain nerves. Then a cranial computer tomogram (cCT) (CT of the head) is made, which … Diagnosis | Skull base fracture
Healing A skull base fracture is by no means a life-threatening injury in all cases, so that emergency intervention or intensive therapy is not always necessary. If, for example, there are only fine cracks in the base of the skull or if the individual, small fragments are not displaced in relation to each other, the … Healing | Skull base fracture
Consequences of a basal skull fracture The consequences of a skull base fracture depend largely on the possible concomitant injuries and (late) complications. An uncomplicated basal skull fracture without concomitant injuries or complications and without displaced fragments usually heals without consequences after a few days or weeks. The undesirable complications and consequences of a complicated … Consequences of a basal skull fracture | Skull base fracture
Complicated skull base fracture The situation is different for a complicated fracture, i.e. when the individual fragments are shifted against each other. Then an operation should be performed to bring the fragments back into their correct position and to stabilize them with plates, wires and/or screws if necessary. After the surgical procedure, patients must remain … Complicated skull base fracture | Skull base fracture
Skull base fracture in the child Craniocerebral trauma in children and toddlers – caused by e.g. falling from diaper-changing chests, falling down stairs or climbing frames – is unproblematic in most cases. In a few cases, however, serious injuries such as a fracture of the base of the skull can also occur in small children. … Skull base fracture in the child | Skull base fracture
The altitude sickness Altitude sickness is a series of symptoms that can occur due to a lack of oxygen at high altitudes. With increasing altitude, the partial pressure of oxygen in the air decreases, resulting in a significantly lower oxygen uptake for the same breathing volume. This effect can be further enhanced by various mechanisms … The altitude sickness | The causes of spinning dizziness
Introduction Vertigo is a very common and unspecific symptom, which presents many challenges and can be traced back to numerous harmless and serious causes. Vertigo can occur in many different forms and is often used synonymously with dizziness and discomfort. A mild form of vertigo is often a harmless symptom. Warning signs such as fainting, … The causes of spinning dizziness
